Green Streets uses greening projects to improve the quality of life for urban communities. From planting street trees, to creating communal green alleyways and living green walls, Green Streets works at the heart of the community with residents, business’ and partner organisations to promote the value of greening as a means of tackling a range of social, health and economic issues. Each community is different so Green Streets produces a sustainable tailor-made greening scheme to meet their specific needs.
The Green Streets Team has been working with local communities in Manchester and Trafford since 2001 and in Salford since 2003. Since then the project has been introduced to Merseyside and Teesside.
The project aims to improve the standard of living in urban areas by
Creating a lush green back drop to the urban setting, enhancing the physical appearance of streets and detracting from problems such as graffiti and vandalism.
Tackling environmental issues associated with city living such as air and noise pollution as well as providing a range of benefits to health and well being.
Encouraging community interaction and improving community spirit by giving local people the opportunity to get involved in the design of their scheme and helping residents to lead on the consultation process.
Fostering a sense of ownership in communities and empowering them to change their neighbourhoods for the better.
Helping to manage climate change. Street trees not only act as a carbon ‘sink’ for carbon dioxide, the transpiration process also has a cooling effect on local air temperatures, whilst leaves and branches provide vital shade.
Green Streets is a joint Red Rose Forest and Community Forests North West project in partnership with Manchester City Council, Salford City Council, Trafford Council, the Forestry Commission, North West Development Agency and Untied Utilities.
Green Streets case studies
To see some examples of projects carried out by the Green Streets team in Red Rose Forest area please click on the links below.
